Vicarious liability in healthcare: A Medico legal view

Dr Madhav Madhusudan Singh; Dr Rajiv K Agarwal; Dr Pranav Choudhary

Volume : VII, Issue : I, January - 2018

Vicarious liability in healthcare: A Medico legal view

Dr Madhav Madhusudan Singh, Dr Rajiv K Agarwal, Dr Pranav Choudhary

Abstract :

Right to health and safety is perhaps one of the most fundamental needs of a human being and this need is unerringly recognized by our constitution in its Art. 21 Right to Life. Doctors, Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Poly–Clinics are all liable to provide treatment to the best of their capacity. And whenever a hospital fails to fulfill this responsibility, the institution may be held liable for causing damage to its patients. They can be vicariously as well as directly liable for providing health care facilities.